Name may ling
DOB 28th july
Email chanclarise@gmail.com
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-Tuesday, March 30, 2004-
i cAn'T sLeEp ...
it's so warm.... it's killin me, and i just can't get to sleep! argh.'
it's 3.45am!!
yestie had been an exciting day for me. i went for the interview at teen challenge and it's realli good. i mean, the job is interesting, challenging, and it's realli something i've been lookin for. totalli cool. will give more details by end of this week.
after the interview, shuzhen met me at bugis [i called her last min and she came!] to accompany me to buy webcam at sim lim. we walked around hungrily [cos we're both very hungry] and finally found the right one, with the right price, looks, use, blah blah... haha. there's a webcam called my-cam and it looks like south park and oni 49 bucks i tink. i didn't buy that tho.
we went to nooch xpress for dinner, me ate curry chicken noodles and shuzhen took tom yam. nice! the tom yam is nice lor! amazing. i never liked tom yam... but this tom yaM just blows me away. *woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
n we ordered the realli realli sOur Lime JuIce! *sOur!!
we went walk walk [i ws soooo tired le! but nan de hao xin qing...] and i bought apple strudel home! yummy!been like 2 years never eat le.... we left after that and went to pasir ris. we went to the old chang kee there and i bought yam pies home! shuzhen bought curry puff cos she was hungry! amazing, she can eat, but she never gains weight lor. *envie...
i went home and excitedly tried to use the webcam. i almost wanted to give up and cry! cos firstly, it's totally differently from the user's manual, cos the manual is according to windows 98 and what i saw on my screen is different [cos i use XP]!! so frantic! argh. i installed the programs first and i realise i installed the hardware under the wrong driver. reason being, i dun have the right driver in the first place! opps. i went online and downloaded the vcam driver from the website and installed it. after which, i had to uninstall the hardware [cos i installed wrongly] and den reinstall it correctly under the right driver! still cannot work! argh... den i forgot what i did and bingo, i saw the light on my webcam! and yes it's working, i can see myself grinning from ear to ear in the screen. hahaha. so i went online and i talked to rena and winston and tried to vconference with them but cannot! argh... they guided me to configure the msn thingy but msn kept telling me that i am using the camera... i was like "got meh?"... i was frustrated and i realise that yes i was using the vcam! i closed the window and den bingo, i could vcam with winston! fun fun. but it lags the whole thing, so after like 10min, i stopped the vconference thingy. resume to normal chat. til next time! i'm going to get a router anyway. the uncle bluff me, he say it works in the dark also... it doesn't!!! can't see anything...
tomoro we're gonna farewell johnie bravo! yay, go bowling and all. i haven't bowled for decades! hahahaha... ages. my hands itch. i wunder... how mani strikes and spares i'd have tmr. none? that'd be sad!~ and i hope my voice recovers, we're going singing too... lalalalala! yippee!
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-Monday, March 29, 2004-
so tired today!
haha, seems that i am tired everyday, and bored everyday! it's not that i have nothing to do, but i am just hyperactive! muahahah. gimme a minute with nothing to do, i'd cry! *wails
alrighty... today i went to orchard road, after a mixed-up supposed interview [on a sunday, i shld have sensed that it's a mistake]. my legs were aching with all the walking, and i was tempted to just take a cab home... but i can't. i've been taking alot of cabs this week. i went to pacific plaza... but i couldn't find the shop... *sobx. i had to walk alllllllllllllll the wayyyyyyyyy to HMV! the other side of orchard road! argh. and i couldn't find what i wan at HMV??????? *disappointed. i took a bus down to suntec... and i can't find it there either. wat's wrong? i gave up.
so i went home and planned to meet rara and nana at compass point for dinner... but my mum started to nag, i guess i had been home late alot and it's time to make up for it. cancelled the plan and i stayed hometo surf net, do my reports, emails and stuff. time passes slowly.... so slowly!
i need to get away for a holiday soon...
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-Friday, March 26, 2004-
i hate flu
i simply hate it!
argh. been fluish the whole day and the worst is that i have a terrible sorethroat. it's the kind of sore throat where u literally feel something rough on the insides of ur throat... like small strands of strings...i dunno how to tell u, but it's a terrible feeling and it makes me sick.
I HATE SORETHROAT AND... FLU!
been having cold... keep sneezing and blowing nose and it just continues since yestie. my bed was filled with tissue paper [abit exaggerating... haha] and had a little fever. today it rained! so heavily! and lotsa lightning and thunder! it's soooo scary. u get lotsa lightning n thunder over in this part of the island.
and my ulcer's still there. big and painful. *sob. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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woman's ministry meeting
i'm back from the woman's ministry in church! i'm so tired now and i am quite sick, having flu... hope i recover tmr...
i brought john to cellgroup today, it's sister ruxin's cellgroup at cck. thank God for this cellgroup, so that i could make it for the woman's ministry meeting at 7.30pm at church. after the cellgroup ended at 6.50pm, i took a cab down to church, cos i had to practice for praise and worship. the woman's ministry meeting was great! we had a long praise and worship, and the message was also about praise and worship. and it's really talking abt having a relationship with God and connecting to God through worship.
after the meeting, i felt really sick so i went for a quick makan and now i am home... going to sleep le. see ya guys.
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-Tuesday, March 23, 2004-
another About Me Questionnaire!
ever date someone younger than you?
not yet! haa
Someone Older:
yep
Ever been drunk:
yea... when i was much younger. but not anymore and never!
Been in love:
yea... and now i am in love with Jesus
Loved someone who you knew you couldn't have:
oh yes...
Gotten in a car accident:
erm... a minor one tho.
Broken a bone:
hmm... fish bone, chicken bones... hiakz
Had your heart broken:
yea... feels bad
Cheated on someone:
nope, never
Been cheated on:
dun think so
Last time you said I love you to someone:
God!
Last time you cried:
can't remember... not too long ago i guess
Last time you laughed:
just now!
Where do you see yourself in 10 years:
10 years.. become a worship leader for God, going on missions, married and having kids
What age do you see yourself married at?
latest 27 i pray
Describe your dream wedding:
hmm... something really dreamy, fairy tale-like? something pinky.. hehe
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
hehe, lotsa them! i've got 4 soft toys and 6 cute cushions on my bed! could have put more but my mum stuffed them away into my wardrobe...
If you could dye your hair one color what would
you dye?
pink!
Have you ever been skinny-dipping:
nah! never! hehe, unless in my own jacuzzi...
hahaha
Do you eat chicken with fingers or with a fork?
fork.
Would you rather give or receive?
give...! it's more blessed to give! however, i'm very open to receive too. bless me if u dare!
How many homes have you lived in?
homes... 2? one in bedok, now in punggol..
Do you play any instruments?
guitar!
One pillow or two?
i've got 1, but i need more!
Do you get along with your parents?
yea!
Do you drive?
no... i'm an idiot with road signs and traffic lights. and i am afraid of the traffic...
What kind of car do you have?
hmm... i dunno. but i like the volkswagen new beetle.
Whats your fav. color
red!
Do you work?
not yet...
Whats your favorite food:
fries. haha.
Do you have braces:
nope
How many guys/girls have you kissed:
lots! i love to kiss little children [on their cheeks!]... hehe
When was the last time you went on a date:
date? i date my gals every week... that considered? hehe [i'm not les!]
Have you ever got in serious trouble?
oh yes. in the past. and i am in serious trouble with the devil now cos he hates me for loving God so much!
Why is the sky blue:
cos... God made it to be blue! He could have made it pink if He wants but I guess He wanted it blue then!
Who was your first crush:
oh gosh... that's when i was in kindergarten, had a crush on my 2nd brother's classmate. haha. i was only 5!
When you meet a person of your preferred sex, you first notice their:
whether they are friendly [that is, if they talk to me],
and if they're humorous[i love humorous people!],
and whether they're comfortable with strangers[that tells alot abt their self-confidence].
Are you the romantic type:
yea...
Have you ever been chased by cops?:
hahaha... no!
What's a secret you've never told anyone:
dun have leh... God knows my everything. but He's not gonna tell u. heee
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-Monday, March 22, 2004-
my ULcEr is kiLLiNg mE
i bit my lip on that chalet night and now it has developed into a full ulcer. PAIN PAIN PAIN. i can't speak properly and it's a chore to eat.
i'm sooo tired today... think i exerted myself too much yesterday. i went for interview this morning and it took almost 2hours! can you believe that? and the interviewer, alicia, says i have to go back for a second interview with the director tmr, followed by a final one by the CEO at the main office. so mani procedures!
i reached home, took my lunch, rest for awhile and i fell asleep again. i literally drifted off into dreamland once i hit my pillow.
last night when i was about to sleep, zoe's cousin, winston, messaged me on msn and we started chatting. it's so fun, he's in uk rite now and i could see him cos he has a webcam. i didn't chat for very long cos i had one foot in dreamland already so i logged off and went to bed!
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a Long, tiRing, fUn, fULfiLLing sUnDay!!
i'm physicalli worn-out now... so just relaxing [i just got home not long ago, was out with shuzhen at Compass Point].
this is what i did today...
7.30am... i woke up suddenly... it's still earlie! so i went back to sleep...
8.30am... 8.35am... alarms went off. weird, weisiong supposed to give me morning call but he didn't call. well, nvm, i got up, sms him and went to bathe. after that... he still didn't reply me, so i called him at 9.10am, and he just woke up!! *amazed
9.30am... i just reached my bus stop ... *oh no, i was late! [supposed to meet weisiong at 9.30am at sengkang]... and he already reach le... so paisey.
9.50am... reached sengkang interchange...
10am... 965 arrived and we hopped on
10.25am... got off 965 at yishun and hopped onto a cab and rushed to cellgroup, was abit late. cellgroup was great!
12nn... i managed to persuade john to go for service with me. we got onto a cab and i sent him back home first cos he need to get some stuff from his mum. he came back down and we dropped weisiong @ some bus stop, before heading for Phoenix LRT station to fetch his cousin, Ah Boon. den the 3 of us "fly" down to church! ... the taxi fare's $16. *heartache.
1pm... great service! both john and boon received salvation! *praise God!
4.30pm... met shuzhen to go to tangs cos she wanna get a perfume... the promoter is very funny! and shuzhen bought a very fruity fragrance which i love very very much!! after that i was so super hungry, we went to long john at far east to makan.
the escada island kiss body lotion
the perfume! the bottle looks abit weird, but dun judge a fragrance by its bottle! it sure smells great.
the free bag
6.30pm... left orchard and headed for compass point to collect my new spectacles!! den we went to BK to fellowship and chatted....
i like this....
9.30pm... went walk around and visit the toilet... haha
10pm... go home le!!
11.15pm... john called me and asked me about this coming week's service timing! wow! he says this week he can't come cos of his work schedule, but he says that it's becos the schedule has been planned long before, but next week onwards, he'd get saturdays off! how cool!!
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-Sunday, March 21, 2004-
Saturday Service
oooo it's another long but exciting Saturday for me! realli look forward to every service that i attend! i styled my hair differently today but it was a BAD attempt. shall not tie my hair ever again!!
bad hair day
gave a short discipleship today at 2pm at cafe and we all went to the rooftop at 3pm to support our dear members [charmaine, charlotte and gary] for their water baptism! i'm wearing white today too! hehe.
after that, i went to the cafe to look for sis dorcas and da rest for the games evaluation. cafe's really crowded! and ya, i passed weisiong the cover i bought for him. it looks nice! haha...
i rushed down to the audi at 4.10pm, put my bag and went in front for the prayer meeting... halfway thru, i realised i have not switched my handphones to silent mode! i nudged kailun and she also din switch off! so we squeezed our way thru and went to switch off our fones and i realised that sis sher sms me and cheekiong to sit in front with the leaders today. so i grabbed cheekiong's bag and mine and quickly put the bags at our seats. i went back to join the choir members in front and the prayer meeting also ended at that time. so we went to take our place at the platform and i had to stand at the first row from now on, cos sis belle wants us to get used to standing in front. it was great... more space... more free to jump and dance. but i hit sis xiaowei a few times... so embarassing! and rena said that when she saw me on the screen i looked very pale and my hair is very messy. [that's why i said my new hairstyle today is a BAD attempt]
after the service, we went to the rooftop for fellowship and announcement. at 7.30pm, most of the people went for BS, leaving only the helpers to do admin. cheekiong and i were in the cafe, with weisiong. ck is leading praise and worship tomoro... weisiong is playing for him! i also want a guitarist to play for me! haha... it's always good to be freed up to lead worship, leaving the guitar to another guitarist. at least for me, that's how i feel.
after they finished practicing, ck and i went back to the rooftop for the admin meeting... my head almost burst. thank God it's only like an hour plus, or i'd realli go mad... i must really pray for admin anointing... haha.
went to fellowship with ra,na,khym and noel at cafe cartel... again. alrightey... i gotta go sleep le...
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-Friday, March 19, 2004-
Sub-Zone Chalet!
i've got soooo much to blog about! by the way the chalet was yesterday and i got home this morning... in a very dazed state. slept for oni 2 hours, but was awoken by my mum, who wanted me to eat lunch...
let me blog in such a way that it won't seem like an essay... [i try..haha]
Games!!= we had games! weisiong,rena,huijun and me led Fear Factor... it was totally yucky! we used stuff like crickets, bees, worms [alive and wriggling!], blood worms, chicken head and intestions [oh they STANK!]. i'm so glad i have the chance to lead this game, cos i am spared! haha.
Weisiong's handphone= i accidentally caused his handphone to drop and the casing almost totally smashed into bits. i was so shocked i almost teared! He was totally cool about it and not a least bit worried or sad or angry... makes me feel reeeeeli bad...
Cellgroup meetings= there were 3 timings, 4pm, 5.15pm and 8pm. i led fear factor with the guys for the 4pm games, after that, i had to go play guitar and lead worship for the 5.15pm cellgroup. so those who attended the 4pm cellgroup would start games at about 5.15pm.
BBQ!= the BBQ started at 6.30pm. sooo mani people! we even 'invaded' the territory of the next door chalet. at 8pm, cellgroup started [yun and i went in to lead praise and worship]. after the p&w, yun and i went out to rest and relax [cos we attended the 5.15pm cg alreadi]. nice marshmellows! i shouldn't have eaten bbq food... i had gastric pain after that.
Supper!= 13 of us stayed overnight at the chalet. that's Bro Vic, Sis Sher, Stanley, Ian, John, Cedric, Weisiong, Rena, Shuzhen, Elaine, Szehui, Charlotte and me. after the people left, we just hang around, resting and relaxing... play guitar, sing along, chat... etc etc. at dunno what time, Brother Tony came! so we all decided to go out and have supper. We had 2 cars [bro tony's and ian's] and one bike [brother vic's]. so the 14 of us packed into them nicely and we went to bedok for supper! PrataS! tISSUE is niceeee. Shuzhen and i shared 3 pratas, but it was too overwhelming for us, so our dear John finished them for us, AGAIN. wahaha
Prayer Meeting = we had a short prayer meeting, couldn't pray too loud cos someone came and complained that we're too loud... so we broke into 2s to pray. i prayed with rena and it was great. we flowed very well and we covered every prayer item nicely when bro vic asked us to finish on our last prayer. after the prayer meeting, we had a time of prophesy so everyone of us shared a word. when we ended, it was 4.30am! so we just rest awhile and when everyone was in the dozy mode, suddenly they started talking about ah lians and ah bengs and gangs and all that, and rena came alive... and stanley also came alive, and suddenly, shuzhen also came up from her seemingly-sleep, sis sher started to cook noodles to makan and elaine finally decided to eat.... time passed and shuzhen and i had to leave at 6am
i really enjoyed myself alot during this chalet. this is by far the best i have attended in all my years! really pray for more opportunities like this. during the prayer meeting, God really spoke to me about the vision of the zone. and that in order for the vision to come to pass, people must start to rise up and stand in the gap and be prayer warriors for the zone. for the battles that we fight is not in the flesh but in the spiritual realm. we need to pray more than ever before.
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-Thursday, March 18, 2004-
Worthy To Be Praised
this is the new worship song we learnt today... it's really nice. Joanna commented that it's a really romantic song, and come to think of it [and after singing it], it's really true. the writer of this song must love God alot alot alot... and this guy really lays down his entire life and being to God...
"Lord I come into Your presence
Here I stand in awesome reverence
Falling before the wonder of Your name.
Humbly now Lord I surrender
This offering to You forever
Take all I am and use me Lord I pray.
Make me what You want me to be
Teach me Your ways
I lay down my life for You
Throw down my crowns before You
Give up my all for Your name
My savior, how I adore You
Healer, my heart longs for You
Jesus You're worthy to be praised.
Jesus You are Lord forever
Jesus You are Lord forever
Jesus You are Lord forever
Jesus You are Lord forever
BV prac is fun today, as usual. we started off with learning this song, and the alto part is really nice... i managed to catch bits and pieces of it. {hope someone blesses me with the CD [haha], so that i can figure out the rest on my own.] Sis Ally made us practice our breathing techniques and 'bracing' technique. it's really funny! she got us to sing while bowing and jumping. i luffed til my tears came out when the brothers were doing it. it's just sooo funny. [it's so bad of me]
we celebrated brother david's birthday and another 2 BVs birthdays... and we prayed for all the services... after that was 11.10pm! jo and i rushed to take the cab to boonlay and we got jean and malcolm to share with us. and yay, i managed to catch the last train to punggol. there was this guy who was walking in front of me in outram mrt, when he heard the announcement that the last train is coming "shortly", he literally Sprinted. and i was so shocked, i ran to. and when i reached, it says "6 more min". i could have strolled there.
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-Wednesday, March 17, 2004-
The Song of Mary
"My soul magnifies the Lord,
And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant;
For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
For He who is mighty has done great things for me,
And holy is His name.
And His mercy is on those who fear Him
From generation to generation.
He has shown strength with His arm;
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones.
And exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich He has sent away empty.
He has helped His servant Israel,
In remembrance of His mercy,
As He spoke to our fathers,
To Abraham and to his seed forever."
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-Tuesday, March 16, 2004-
Abortion Is Murder
i received an email last night from my cell member about abortion. i guess most of the people have received it too. it's so gruesome, and it's totally awful. if you hadn't seen it, you should take a look at the pictures [if u wanna see, i can forward it to u]. this is how they kill the baby: they rip off the body parts of the baby while it's still alive in the mother's womb. isn't it cruel?
and they're still sooo small! and they're not just a mass of tissue, it's already on it's way to being formed into a human being. in fact, in the pictures, it's not diffcult to see that they're already in human form, with head, hands, legs and all that. imagine ur head, hands and legs being ripped off while u're alive and u can't do anything 'cept to scream? do u call that murder? IT IS MURDER! why do they legalise murder? or they blind or they so dumb to realise that getting rid of a baby is murder murder murder??????????????
some people are so selfish. in order to cover up for their mistake, in order to rid themselves of the hassle of pregnancy and the pains of delivery, they can just pretend that the LIFE is just a mass of tissue??????????
this is a baby girl killed by saline solution. [i really feel like crying now...]
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-Monday, March 15, 2004-
Choir Outing
i decided to go for the choir outing after all... i met up with zixiu at 4pm to do some shopping first. we went to hmv and we bought gummies at mini mix... argh... i ate the whole bag of gummies i bought before dinner! oh no... so 'sinful'! anywayz we didn't manage to buy anything.. and i think i am really getting fatter! argh...
we met up the rest at the mrt station... so today there's sis monica, quansoon, shenglong [who just came to meet us den he left le.. so bo..], weijie aka richard, jeremy, bernice, shimona, hellen, sin man, michelle, regina [who came really late]. anywayz, we ate at marche and it was really funnie. they all thought i am like 17,18 years old [thanx ah..] and they got a shock when i told them i've graduated from nus le... after that they went bowling and i had to head for home. so it's very much a simple outing with some of the choir people. i'm looking forward to another one with the entire service 2 choir!
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Nice Worship Song
[this is an old worship song...]
We will give You glory and honor
We will lift our hands to praise You
We exalt Your holy name
(repeat)
For You are great
You do mighty wonders Lord
There is no one else like You
There is no one else like You
For You are great
You do mighty wonders Lord
There is no one else like You
There is no one else like You
[haven't really sang older songs in cellgroup for a long time le...
think this coming chalet cellgroup i'd use this song, and also "Come Holy Spirit, Fall on Me Now"...]
later i'd be going for choir outing.. for those members under Sister Monica's group. Hope it's gonna be fun! Cos i seriously do not know who exactly is in Sister Monica's group... most of the choir members i know are from different service, or different teams... hehe. I'm looking forward to service 2 choir outing again tho... i missed the previous one due to cellgroup.
Choir had been really enjoyable, fulfilling and fun for me. I used to be in the choir back in Hollywood church, but the feeling is totally different. Ever since i came back to choir last year... [think it was August], i got to know alot of new frens and it's been really exciting going for practices and service duty. Especially during the Christmas services, got to know people like Zixiu more and we're really good frens in choir! Really miss the Christmas days! it's really great to be able to serve God as choir members and minister to the people through singing.
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-Sunday, March 14, 2004-
Sub-Zone Chalet!!!!
hee..i was about to type sub-zone camp... heh.. who knows we might have one soon! :)
next week is the one-week break for the pri and sec school students... so our sub-zone will be having a chalet at East Coast Chalet!! yay!! i'm one of the game masters so all the more i should 'yay'!! haha... we're playing Fear Factor... well, that means, i'd be spared! Well, we never know...
and there'll be 2 cellgroup timings during the chalet! tentatively is 4pm and 8pm. i'd be leading worship for the later timing! i love leading worship... just now i was worshipping the Lord and the presence of God just came and refreshed me... wooo.
God is GREAT~
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I'm really Tired
never been so tired this week!~ i reached home after cellgroup, talked to szehui for a while on the fone and i fell asleep almostinstantly after that. my brother came in to wake me up for dinner and i almost couldn't get up.
i went to help e168 ability and productivity cellgroups play guitar for their meeting today. after the cellgroup, we played games ... 3 in total. 'charades', 'win, lose or draw' and rojak. we forfeited jessica, ryan and enjie in the end, and i got them to shout out of the window. this was what they had to shout "我要放屁了! 很臭的! 快点走开!". it was really funny cos after they shouted, a lady in the opposite block opened her window, and ryan immediately responded by shouting "没有, 没有, 我们没有放!", and immediately after that, the lady closed all her windows!
we had quite a shotr guitar lesson after that, cos paulina and sharon had to go off earlie. so i dismissed the class and most of them went off, cept for me, venus and gwyn. we stayed for awhile to play on the piano. so fun! Aunty Wendy had put a new piano in the house, so nice!
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-Saturday, March 13, 2004-
First Cellgroup!
I'm back home! Recently, I really try not to go out too much... financially very tight cos i haven't found a job yet. but I really trust God for one soon and one that I'd enjoy!
I went to Woodlands this noon, i wanted to print my cellgroup admin stuff but i couldn't open the files. i had no choice but to ask Gwyn to help me again. [i need a printer soon!]. cellgroup was at 1.45pm but we started late, so the prayer meeting was cut short. it was the first friday cellgroup! i felt that it was good, considering that we're starting small again and we have alot of friends with us today! i forgot to bring my guitar pick so i had to use my fingers to play... it doesn't feel good! but i still like the sound!
who is Huina??
went down to church after cellgroup and i joined gladys' cellgroup for fellowship. her members are around our age and they're really nice! i saw sister josephine [brother poh's wife] and after i greeted her, she was like holding onto my right arm, looked at me closely and asked me "are u stanley's sister?". i gave her a really wide smile and i answered her "you're not the first one to ask that!". stanley is a musician in our church and he has a sister who looks very much like me. throughout my 4 years in church, at least 10 people have asked me that. but til now, i have not seen Huina [stanley's sister] before. i still recall that there's this sister from choir who chatted with me all the way on the bus to church, and she thought i am huina. who is huina?? sister jo says i really look like her and even my new hair is like her new hair. *amazed
seems dat i look like quite alot of people. on wednesday during BV prac, there's this BV called Malcolm who came to sit beside me and asked me, "you know who is joanne goh?". i said, "ya, from svc 5 right?" and he giggled and said "u look like her". i was like 'duh'. i answered him "u're not the first one to say that". he giggled more and said "we have a nickname for you". "what??". "假的 Joanne".
What drives Your Life?
that's the title of this week's sermon. preached by Pastor Tan Ye Peng! it was Powerful, with capital P.
today i sowed an offering that made my eyes wet. it's one of those few times when it feels really painful to see that offering envelope being put into the offering bucket and not bearing to see that bucket pass by you. it's not being given in reluctance, but in faith and trust in God. i am believing God that when i sow in tears, i shall reap in joy!
Gladys
i went back with Gladys after service. saw her parents, they have been attending service! and Gladys shared with me that after they got saved, they had stopped their usual 初一十五'worship' and even reached out to their colleagues and their svc attendance was like 10 + 15 friends that kind. HAppening! They're adults! *amazed.
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-Friday, March 12, 2004-
Brother Tony's Combine Cellgroup in Church
Sis Sher called me @ 6.40pm. She asked me if I wanna go down and attend Brother Tony's Combine Cellgroup [Dream Center] @ church cos she was saying the band was good. It was starting @ 7.30pm! I wanted to see the guitarists so I quikly changed and rushed down to take a cab to church. $17.70... the cab fare [heartache]. I enjoyed praising God and worshipping too. However, I couldn't really see how the guitarists were playing... cos they were using electric guits, I know that electric guits are played more or less the same way, but i just can't really figure out how they're playing it. one day i'd buy an electric guit, i think it's really interesting and i'd love to use it for combine cg one day too!
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-Thursday, March 11, 2004-
First BV Practice
it was GREAT!
supposed to meet joanne and her sister, irene, at 6.30pm for dinner, but they took the wrong bus and would be late. when zixiu came, she was all pale and the first thing she said to me was "i wanna vomit.." i didn't have the chance to say hi to her and we're like hurrying to the ladies so that she can puke. thank God she felt beta after that.
we went to MOS first to have some drinks... chatted and waited til 7plus den joanne and irene came. we went to the foodcourt and they hurriedly ate and after that we hurriedly went to church. thank God that went joanne and i reached the artist room, they'd just started... shaking hands with one another. it was fun! we sat down and had intro. i told them my name, service and that i am still looking out for a job, sister andrea turned to me and asked me "how old are u? what did u study? wanna sell houses?" it was really funny, she's a property agent. after that sis belle said "we have a welcome gift for all of u... and that is... all of u must sing us a song!". all of us were like so super-shocked we screamed. some sang secular songs but most of us were pretty traditional and sang worship songs. hehe. i sang "one desire" my fave song. after that, we're assigned our parts, i'm soprano! sis belle says i can sing both, but more to sop. so it's melody. but i still hope to conquer parts, cos my alto part is not very good.
we all sang a song together [with parts] "Exceeding Joy", it sounded great! after that we all proceeded into the auditorium and we [the new ones] just observed and took down notes. brother eugene explained the IEM to us and we were all very excited but yet confused cos we haven't got a chance to use it yet til the day we're on for duty... til den.
went home with joanne, irene and jeff... we shared cab and i tink next time must take train le... liddat very fierce wor.
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-Wednesday, March 10, 2004-
One Desire
你赐给我一切
我心渴求,我的全部
我的心,完全献上给你
我怎么能忘记
你的爱拯救我生命
我的心,完全献上给你
喔主,在你的同在里
我心安息
一生愿跟随你
而我的全部生命
只愿为你
我心呼求
我唯一渴慕
依偎在你同在里
一直到永远
远胜过一切
我唯一渴慕
要与你同行
要与你同行, 耶酥
我的心
我的心渴慕
要与你同行
[my fave worship song... in mandarin!]
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NO Heading
really dunno what to blog.
it's the 2nd week after i quit my job... really need to pray for a good job to come along soon!
i was rather nervous abt the BV ministry. today is going to be the first practice for us new BVs so i really have no idea what to expect. we're all still under 3 months of probation and we have no idea what's the criteria for us to continue after 3 months. and i do not know anyone there really well, so the pressure is even greater now. last night i prayed abt this and i sms one of the new BV i got to know last sunday [her name is Joanna] abt today's practice and she replied me, asking if i wanna have dinner before the practice. i think it's a really good chance to fellowship with a new friend in the ministry! later at night , xiu messaged me too and i asked her along for the dinner.
later will b meeting karen for fellowship at bugis.. yay, long time never fellowship with her... and also long time never go bugis liao. haha.
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-Monday, March 08, 2004-
Saturday, 6th March
cheekiong and i went down to visit szehui's mum at her workplace today. wah... we wanted to eat the bak kut teh there but we're too paisey. haha. just kidding, next time we'll go and eat... cos it smellssssss sooooo nice! it's at aljunied block 117 if u're wondering.
after that, we took a cab to church for choir prac, learnt quite a handful of new songs cos Dr Phil is here for the weekend. i love him and i love his band and worship team. they're awesome and they really bring a new anointing into praise and worship. they're cool and they're totally free in the spirit. something that i really desire for, to have such great and TRUE FREEDOM in praise and worship. i enjoyed myself tremedously during praise and was brought into new places in the spirit through the worship. it was AWESOME.
we went back in michelle's car. we literally squeezed 4 persons at the back! me, rara, nana and jan. hehe.
Sunday, 7th March
i woke up at 6.30am this morning cos i'm meeting jon for breakfast and fellowship. yay, ate my fave Hotcakes /w sausage meal... aiyo so sinful... hehe. after that, we went for cellgroup and after that we have some cellgroup anouncements... we're going into 3 cellgroups! i'd be in the friday cellgroup, with my ex-revival team [cedric,ryan,szehui] and new revival team members like jingyi etc... it's gonna be great! and yes, our team's name is Creativity. hehe. the other 2 groups are Ability and Productivity.
after that, i rushed down to city hall to meet zixiu to go for the career fair. actually i wanted to go and look out for suitable jobs, but the place was sooooo packed! and i wasn't wearing my contact lens, everything's a blur to me. so i just followed zixiu around and help ask for info for her future overseas studies.
after that we still had sometime... so i went for a quick haircut at suntec... kimarie i tink. my hair's abit shorter now, my fringe very much shorter. haha.
met up kailun at mrt and we headed for boonlay, had a quick dinner and rushed to church cos i needa meet sis belle at 7.15pm. she talked to us [the new BVs] for a while and den we all went down for the combine choir meeting. it was great and fun! we watched videos and they were really funny. we also played games and i won a small packet of 'hello panda' which i gave to xiuxiu. the meeting ended at 10plus... and we went back in desmond's car. guess how mani people we packed inside the car? 7. as the car went out of church, we saw sis belle and the other BVs and they were really amazed to see so mani people in one car... i was amazed too, at our ability to squeeze...
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-Friday, March 05, 2004-
happy birthday to my Brother!
today, 5th March, is my brother's birthday!
we went to a restaurant called Fortunate at Toa Payoh and we ordered lotsa food! we ate dianxin also. the dianxin very very nice!! *yum. but i ate until i headache... cos too full le.
i went to Far East today to buy clothes... cos i dun have jeans! argh, other people have like 5-6 pairs of jeans and i have only one? and my mama says the old one i have looks terrible.. so i went down to get a new one today. i bought super big size, so realli need belt... or else... ahem. the salesgirl is very powerful lor... she keeps calling all the customers "美女". durh, make people so embarassed oni. then she'd at the speed of lightning push u into a fitting room and throw 3 pairs of jeans at u and ask u to try, in a really nice way of cos. she helped me find jeans and i tink it's nice when u realli have the cash to buy, if not will be very paisey to not buy anything at the end of the day when the salesgirl is so helpful. so i bought a pair of jeans [she insisted on me buying 3!!] and a new top. so keep just in case got one day really no clothes to wear for choir or BV.
yea, tmr is saturday. yea yea yea.
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I Can't Sleep. I Just Can't
it's one of those nights which i can't sleep without a proper reason. I did take coffee, but it wasn't strong and it wasn't late-night. i'm not too excited about anything.
i just can't sleep. it's 3.17 + 35min now [my lappy's slow by 35min, that's why].
I'm not being super-spiritual, but i know i am not able to sleep becos i haven't been spending enough time with Jesus. I thought of Him just now when I was lying on my bed. I had a vision of Jesus, sitting at a dining table, waiting for me to just sit down beside Him and dine with Him, talk to Him. Suddenly i saw myself rushing past the table many times, serving others, but i never really sat down. At times, i looked at Him as I hurried past and I smiled at Him, but i did not stop and sit with Him, the one i say i love. i felt my heart ache. even now. a few times, i sat down at the table and talked to Jesus. most of the time, i only sat down for a while. I can remember how Jesus looked... He looked at me with that ever-loving smile. the smile that says "I love You". The smile that never forcefully demands that I love Him in return, He leaves the choice to me and He is always waiting for me to spend time with Him. yet so mani times in my life, i have taken His presence for granted and His importance in my life has changed over the months and years i have been in church... and i'm ashamed to say, it's not for the more.
it's time to re-access myself and how selfish i have been. how could i have neglected this person who has died for me? it will start from now. i will love Jesus more den anyone, anything in this world. i'd not let anything, not even my ministry take away my time with Him whom i love.
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Cheryl's 23rd Birthday!
4th of March is Cheryl [aka xiaoyun]'s birthday! i went slightly earlier to City Hall cos it's my brother's birthday tomoro! wah... so many birthdays! i was really sleepy when i reached City Hall.. today's weather was too good [rainy ...hee]... i almost fell asleep while walking along City Link and i was yawning ALL THE WAY! abit kuazhang but it's true. so i went into 7-eleven drank a can of nescafe mocha. YUMMY!!
i had a hard time shopping for my bro's gift... went to alot of shops... none of the tee shirts caught my sight... sigh. i decided to shop for my own clothes [for a while] so i went into MANGO. i tried 2 tops, a red and a lime green... so niceeeeee!! but so ex.... so i could only look, feel, try, but cannot buy.
finally i went into Esprit and saw a really nice long-sleeve guy's top. so i bought it and went to meet chelle and the rest at the control station. alrighty, so much about my brother's gift. haha
we went to esplanade to prepare and lay out the food they [n211 people] cooked. we waited for yun to come and we got stopped by the security there, who asked us not to lay garbage bags on the floor. haha. so we moved abit further away from the espanade area. finally yun came and the members started to show her the cake, food, flowers and of cos the gifts! perfume [and some shimmering powder] from body shop, a pair of pointy shoes [ahhhhhhhh!!!!!! i literally screamed when i saw them cos i love pointy shoes!!!] from charles and keith, a parker pen, and a photo album [the members wrote their wishes inside]. we played games and we forfeited yun, jan, nana, and huijun. they had to go to the bridge and shout "我要放屁了!很臭的, 快点走开!" ... den they had to do chicky dance.
it was a tiring night! when i got home, my brother was still awake, so i gave him the present! nice!
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-Thursday, March 04, 2004-
American Idol
there's no choir prac tonight so i get to watch american idol after feedback time.
it was totally awful!! hmm, except for jasmine from hawai... she's sooo cute. i like the flower in her hair, and she is asian right? john stevens is pretty normal in his performance... but like what simon says, he's distinct... cos he's different. i like his voice tho. he's too fair. i can't stand lisa, she's really screaming... she looks great tho. in the beginning i just thought she's abit pitchy, but... it got worse when i realised that my face was contorting due to the way she's 'singing'. how did she get in? unconsciously, my hands were reaching up to cover my ears but thank God the song was over.
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-Wednesday, March 03, 2004-
it's time for a change!
sheesh... i changed ma bloggie again! looks familiar isn't it? i just modified one of the previous blogskins i designed. looks so bright... kinda stings the eyes. but i love RED! what to do? hee. it's my blog!
this week i get lotsa time to be at home to do my stuff... my room's in a mess and lotsa admin things all over the place. my shelves are full with books, papers, gifts etc etc... and it's really warm @ home!
last night i didn't sleep a wink. i couldn't sleep at all cos of the cafe mocha i drank at cafe cartel. it's so strong, and powerful! hehe. i chatted with winston [zoe's cousin from UK] til 4.30am and i went to lie down. i still couldn't sleep. 6am, i woke up and chatted with szehui for a while. i went to bed at 7 and finally i could sleep, and woke up at 11plus am.
i am still so excited about the BV ministry. i wunder how's it gonna be like?
tomoro i'd be going to get a present for my brother's birthday [which is friday], meet zihui @ 3.30pm at CCK and then meet the n211 people at esplanade at 7pm to celebrate xiaoyun's birthday... hmm, prob is, i dunno how to get there. *luffs... will see how.
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i got into the BV Ministry!
PRAISE GOD! PRAISE GOD! PRAISE GOD!
it's really by God's grace that i got into the BV ministry! last week brother J says that if we dun get any calls by this tuesday, means we didn't get in... i was waiting, waiting and waiting. checking my handphone all the time... no news. i was at cafe cartel with ian kan, john tan, rara and nana til about 11.30pm and i was tinking... 'no news=bad news'. after that ian and john left and the 3 of us [me, rara and nana] chatted outside macdonalds... i suddenly decided to check my phone for the last time... it was already 00:26. and guess what i have a message in my fone... and it's from Sister Annabelle!! i was screaming when i was halfway thru the message. and it was sent to me at 11.56pm! 4min before the end of tuesday... haha. i was totalli hysterical and glad that rara and nana were there to share the joy with me. i called up sister sher, regina and veroy... and sms brother gabriel and some people... oh... i can't sleep!!!
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-Monday, March 01, 2004-
Sunday Funday!
was sleepy when i woke up this morning... coz last night i slept quite late and i had difficulty pulling myself up this morning [again...]. but i still forced myself to get ready and took a cab to aunty wendy's house. practised guitar with yun and cheekiong cos they're leading praise and worship today.
the cellgroup was great... had alotta friends! praise God! past 3 weeks hasn't been our best, but God is always faithful. i couldn't stay for the chocolate making competition coz i had to go for service with charmaine, jace and jasmine. great worship, i wept under the love of God... i could literally see Jesus with my own eyes. i sensed His presence so strong, i felt Him holding my hands and saying to me "i really love You and i love You so much I died for You." the love of God consumed me and it was so refreshing. immediately, i received a new revelation about how much love can move a person to sacrifice and lay down his or her life for the one he or she loves.
later in the evening, i went to meet some church friends to go ktv. it was fun! and it was simply crazy... haa. it's great to hang out with godly and having godly fun. it's important to hang out with the right kind of people. saturday, i shared with my cellgroup members during discipleship abt the importance of choosing the right frens, cos it's either we get influenced or we influence them.
alrightey, i am spent. i needa sleep. catch up with ya soon.
and ya, pics to post...later.
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